[shrinkermd]

If you are over 65 on Medicare and live in a big city you will seldom see a physician unless necessary. You will receive excellent followup and other care from a physician's assistant or other non-MD professional provider.

Medicare has reduced benefits to such a degree this is the only way a cognitive specialist or outpatient physician can survive. In doing so they have proved the value of the physician's assistants and registered nurses.

I look forward to my registered nurse far more than to my physician. She is more contactful, patient and interested than my highly trained specialty physician. She also, like any professional, knows what she doesn'g know. Many have similar experiences and that is why I am optimistic about the trend in medical care.

[Tax-chick]

If you are over 65 on Medicare and live in a big city you will seldom see a physician unless necessary.

I'm not any of those things, but I don't mind seeing a nurse or P.A. for our usual needs.